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	Name:	copperline -
	Subject:	The Iranian nuclear problem
	Date:	2/26/2012 9:10:12 PM

Good points.   I can't think like a Iranian, but I do try to understand what I can ...trying to give just due to what I think about people seasoned with what comes thru the media & government sources. I guess I'm just your regular Joe Infidel, but is it truly allowable under Islam to be dishonorable in pursuit of a "Just Cause"? Don't their religious leaders believe they have a "burden of moral behavior" consistent with their stature as one of the oldest & largest religions in the world?   Frankly, I am really hoping that this Islamic fundamentalist theocracy is highly invested in appearing to be Absolutely Moral in the eyes of their people, or more importantly, to their God.     Their stringent moral view of things leaves little tolerance for what they perceive as sin, so could the Ayatollah be telling the truth when he said they were not developing nukes?

He may want to play the Aya-toldya-so in the eyes of the world and his people. (couldn't resist that one)

Agree that there no way the US Intelligence agencies give up all of what they know    And they have had a bad record regarding the development of accurate insights into erratic societies like No Korea, Irag, Iran.    They would never make public statements of any kind without first assessing how this info would create moves on their chess board...or would that be chess boards?

I think the concept of Strategic Ambiguity is extremely intriguing.   You don't have to have a bomb if the whole world believes you have the bomb.   Whether it's US Intelligence, State Dept, or Iran....the same question comes to mind.    What do they want us to believe, and why?